Minnesota Sports News and Rumors

If the Vikings would have practiced on Monday, running back Adrian Peterson wouldn’t have. They practiced on Tuesday, and Adrian Peterson didn’t. In advance of Thursday night’s game against the Buccaneers, Peterson is resting an ankle that, as he

Week eight starts with a NFC matchup between the Bucs and the Vikings, one team riding high at 5-2 while the other is coming off a tough last second loss at 2-4. The Vikings topped the Cards last week, with a defense that is quickly becoming one of the …

Check Out Big Al on STOB’s NBA and Timberwolves Season Preview

In an act of decency and nobility (not) I graciously accepted an invitation to participate in an NBA and Timberwolves roundtable and season preview with our friends over at STOB Blog. Check out my contribution along with others including 5 Eyewitness Ne…

From 1967 through 1981, Alan Page established himself as one of the most dominant defensive linemen in NFL history with the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears. The epicenter of the infamous "Purple People Eaters" defense, Page went to nine st…

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It has always been the case in the NFL that losing too many games leads to losing a job, so on that front there was nothing too shocking about Marty Hurney's early dismissal on Monday in Carolina. But the Panthers giving the boot to their longtime gener…

Peter King: Stafford's slump will end only when he heeds his own words; ma…

Oct 23

When I think of Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson, I think of my trip to Lions training camp in the summer of 2011, and the beautiful music they were making together. As I wrote in the Sports Illustrated NFL Preview issue last season: